UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



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Tne aggregate debt of 858 municipalities in 

 i '."' raa 1745,949,786, compared with $!,- 

 i:u.;il in isfso. tlu- iiicivaso being $50,4:. 

 In these comparisons the >urnc cities are included 

 for each \ear. Tin- bonded debt (lss)->i 



865,551 ; Moating .l.-M, *v . sink- 



ing fund, $147,181,191 ; total available resources 

 including i a>h in treasury, $290,575,840. 



In a census bulletin showing receipts nml ex- 

 penditures of 100 principal cities the following 

 ^.itrs under important headings are given : 

 is from taxes, tfi:!!*,'..'*:!,-','!!; liquor li< 

 $11,782,307; incomes from funds and invest - 

 ments. *lo,s.v,>.461; loans, $84,352,008. Ex- 

 penditures for libraries, $818,202; schools, $20,- 

 I'.rs.lT:;; fire, $11,865,402; health, $2,280,317; 

 lighting, $7,747,313 ; police, $17,817,485 ; chari- 

 table objects, .$7,106,901 ; streets and bridges. 

 $33,580,209; sewers, $6,943,519; buildings and 

 Improvements, $9,715,070; parks and public 

 grounds, $12,672.494; salaries, $11,833,458; 

 water works, $19,086,751 ; interest on debt, $32,- 

 250,368; loans, $59,488.191; balance cash on 

 hand at end of year, $36,579,193. 



Assessed Valuation. For the three decades 

 ending in 1880 the estimated true value of all 

 property and the value of real estate and per- 

 sonal property as assessed, including the as- 

 valuation as returned in 1890, was as follows: 

 1860, assessed valuation, $12,084,560,005, esti- 

 mated true valuation, $16,159,616,068; 1870, 

 assessed, $14,178,986,732, estimated tnie, $30,- 

 (H5S..-, 18,507; 1880, assessed, $16,902,993,543. esti- 

 mated true, $43,642,000,000; 1890, assessed, $24,- 

 249,589.804. The increase in assessed valuation 

 since 1880 is returned as $7,346.596,261. The as- 

 sessed valuation per capita (1890) is $387.62, not 

 including Oklahoma, as compared with $337.01 

 in 1880. The increase per cent, of assessed valu- 

 ation is 43-46, the increase per cent, of popula- 

 tion being 24-86. 



Agriculture. Hops. The production of 

 hops (1889) is reported by the Census Office as 

 39,171,270 pounds, grown upon 50,212 acres of 

 land in 17 States. The 5 leading States are 

 New York, Washington, California, Oregon, and 

 Wisconsin. The aggregate production of these 

 5 States (1889) was 38,965,920 pounds, being 

 99-48 per cent, of the entire crop. The crop of 

 1890 amounted to 36,872,854 pounds, valued at 

 $11,105,424, or nearly three times the valueof the 

 crop of 1889. The average price of hops in 1889 

 was about 10 cents per pound. In 1890 it was 

 over 30 cents. 



Truck Farming. It is stated in a census 

 bulletin that more than $100,000.000 are in\ 

 in this industry, the annual products reaching a 

 value of ,$76,517,155 on the forms after paying 

 freights and commissions. This amount was 

 realized (1890) upon 534,440 acres of land. The 

 persons employed in truck farming included 

 (1890) 218,765 men, 9,254 w< men. and II.--; i 

 children, aided by 75,866 horses and mules, ami 

 $8,971.206.70 worth of implements. The leading 

 vegetables grown upon truck farms are a.-para- 

 gus, beans, cabbage, kale, spinach, Irish ]H>tato-s 

 beets, celery, cucumbers, water-melons, other 

 melons, peas, sweet potatoes, and loin.. 



Truck farming is distinct from market garden- 

 ing, and is so considered in the figures just given, 

 the former only being included. Truck farming 



is carried on in favor, d 1. 



from market, water and rail inn. 



neeestutry. Market gardening i- 



local markets, "the grower f vegetable* tuing 



hi* own team f,,r tran-j-.rtMi. 



direct tu either the retailor or C'>IIM.!< 



t'lurictilturf. ll is n<.t-d in a special cenni* 

 rc|Hirt that, while flnri'-tilture has been earri-<l 

 on as a business in thin country f..r upwnrd i,f 

 one hundred yean, it is only within the put 

 twenty-five yean* that it ha* assumed larp 

 portions. Out of a total of 4,659 establish). 

 2,795 were started Utw.-.n 1^7o ; ,i 

 of these, 1,797 between i**o and IMHJ." 

 are (1890) 312 commercial floriculture tab!i>h- 

 ments owned and managed by women: These 

 i59 establishments use88,828j247juarc f 

 class, covering more than s'.U a< n-s ,,f g: 

 The value of < -tnblish merit?, incliidii 

 and heating, is placed at ^::s.:;.Vi. 7-J-J. A'.l ; tools 

 and implements, $l,.V<?.r,!i::.;i:;. There are em- 

 ployed 16,847 men and 1,058 women, earning 

 (1890) $8,483,657. The c-xpcn-. > f..r fuel are 

 given as $1,160,152.66. The product s(lMK>) were 

 49,056,253 rose bushes, 88,880,872 hardy plants 

 and shrubs, ami 1 .V. > .KJ5,292 of all other plant*. 

 The total vajue of these products is reported as 

 $12,036,477.76. An additional income of $14.- 



.'S.Ol was realized from cut f1o\^ 

 mentioned that in addition t-> \\->- S- i,ty .,f 

 American Florists there were (1890) 905 SUite 

 and local floral societies and clubs and 858 hor- 

 ticultural societii *. 



Viticulture. The several grape-growing 

 tricts of the United States (!SM) utilized 807.- 

 575 acres in hearing vines, producing .">; 

 tons of grapes, of which 2U7.'J71 tmis were table 

 grapes and 240,450 tons were used for producing 

 wine, making 24,306.905 gallons; 41,10 tons for 

 raisins, making 1,878,190 boxes of 20 pounds 

 each ; and 23,252 tons for dried granes and pur- 

 poses other than table fruit. The industry ; 

 sents a total value in land, improvements, ma- 

 chinery, and appurtenances of $155,661,150. In 

 1889, 200,780 JMTSOIIS were employed. 



Irrigation. There are reports available under 

 this heading concerning Arizona, Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, Nevada, New Mexico, and I'tah. For 

 Ari/.ona an area is shown of 65,821 acres. This 

 represents the area on which crops were raised 

 by irrigation in the year ending June 80, 1890. 

 The figures for the other divisions are as follow; 

 [daho, 817,005 acres; Montana, 850^82 aon 

 including 217.000 acres irrigated for grazing 

 purposes: Nevada. 224,-Hi:: | including 



280,000 acres for grazing land; New M 

 91,745 acres; t'tah. 203,4?J acres. The mimU-r 

 of farms irrigated in the fon i. r "ing 

 Territories ace. respectively. I.nT.'j, 4,328, 8,708, 

 l.ir,:. M.JI85. amlD.T'.M. 



lion**. Mult*, ami A*se* on Farms. Aooonl- 

 ing to the census returns, there were "on hand." 

 Juno 1, 1890. 1 1.!';<;."17 horses, 2,246,986 i 

 and 49,100 asses. The inereas* of horses from 

 1880 ; reported as 44-59 per cent., as 



against 44-115 per cent. Ix-tw,. n i-:o nd 1880, 

 and 14-34 |er cent, between I860 and 1870 

 increase of mules between 1880 and 1890 was 

 :erccnt.: between 1870 nml 1**0 the in- 

 was 61-08 per cent., while from 1860 to 

 1870 there was n decrease of 2-24 per cent 



